Attachment for motor vehicles



J. F. GARVEY I ATTACHMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES July 24, 1923.

Filed June 13. 1922 Patented July 24, 1923.

JAMES F. GAEVEY, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

ATTACHMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

Application filed June 13, 1922. Serial No. 568,067.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

e it known that 1, JAMES F. Ganvrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lincoln, in the county' of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Attachments for Motor Vehicles, of which the following is a specificatio This invention relates to attachments for motor vehicles, and more particularly to luggage carriers adapted to be arranged on the running board of the vehicle.

An object of the invention is the provision of a collapsible luggage carrier, theparts of which may be arranged in a single plane when not in use to permit storage.

A. further object is the provision of a luggage carrier comprising a clamp adapted to be secured to the running board having a standard extending upwardly therefrom and a pair of arms mounted on said standard and arranged at right angles to each other.

The standard is provided with a squared portion adapted to pass through squared. openings in the a1ms and retain one of the arms, transversely of the running board and the second arm longitudinally thereof. 'When the luggage carrier is to be collapsed, the second arm is removed from the standard and then replaced in alinement with the first arm.

In the accompanying drawings, T have shown one embodiment of the invention. In this showing:

Figure 1. is an end elevation gage carrier,

Figure 2 is a side elevation,

Figure 3 is a detail view of the upper end 01' the standard,

Figure 4 is a plan view, and,

Figure 5 is a. perspective view of the standard with the a ms removed.

eierring to the drawings, the referents numeral 1 designates a clamp having a pair of clamping arms 2 and 3. The arm 2 is adapted to be arranged on the top of the running board and the arm 3 disposed beneath the running board. This arm is provided with a threaded opening for the re ception of a threaded rod 4 having a head 5 on its upper end which is screwed into place against the running board. A standard 6 extends upwardly from the clamp. This standard is provided with avsquared portion 7 and a threaded end 8. A shoulder 9 is arranged. beneath the squared portion.

of the lug- An arm 10 is adapted to be arranged on the squared portion of the standard, resting upon the shoulder 9. This arm is provided with a squared opening which is received on the standard and prevents rotation of the arm when in position. A second arm 11 is arranged above the arm 10 and at right angles thereto. This arm is also provided with a squared opening by means of which the arm is retained in position extending longitudinally of the running board. A nut 12 is placed on the threaded portion or the standard to prevent accidental displacement of the arms.

The operation of the device will be apparent from the foregoing description. The clamp is. shown secured to the running board and the arms 10 and 11 then placed in position. After the arms have been placed in position, the nut 12 is tigthened. The arm 10 extending transversely of the running board forms a stop to prevent the luggage from being displaced longitudinally of the machine and the arm 11 extends parallel to the edge of the running board slightly above it. This prevents the luggage trom falling oil? the running board. When the device is to be stored, the wing nut 12 is removed and the arm 11 removed and replaced at right angles to its operative position over the arm 10. The nut 12 is then replaced. It will be apparent that when the device is collapsed, the parts are all arranged in the same plane, the arms 10 and 11 and the clamping arms 2 and 3 ex tending in the same direction from the standard and the device may be thus easily stored in a tool box or in one of the pockets generally provided in the doors of motor vehicles.

It is to be understood that the form of the invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my claim 1.. In a luggage carrier for motor vehicles, a clamp adapted to be secured to the running board of the vehicle, a standard extending upwardly from said clamp, said standard being provided with a tion, a pair of arms having squared opens invention, I

squared porings adapted to be arranged on said-standard at right angles to each 'other,iand. means for retaining said arms on said standard.

2. In a luggage carrierforimotor vehicles, a clamp adapted to be secured to the running board of the vehicle, a standard extending upwardly from said clamp, said standard being provided with a-squared portion, a pair of arms havin squared openings adaptedto be arrange'c on said=standard at right anglesto each other, When'in operative position and in 'the same plane 'WhGIl in inoperative vposition, and means for retaining said arms on said standard.

"3. In aluggage earrienfor motor vehieles,1a clamp adapted to be secured to the running board of a vehicle, a standardextending upwardly *from said clamp, said standard being provided with a isquared portion and a threaded iend iab'o ve said s uare'd ortion a air of arms havin In testimony'whereof Iaflix signature 30 in presence of two witnesses,

JAMESF. GARVEY.

Witnesses:

Rosa V. GARVEY, VERNA BEACH. 

